A very happy Pride Month to all of you and I’m celebrating it with a grim yet fascinating production of Charles Gounod’s classic Faust. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
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I take a look at a Hans Neuenfels-directed Ariadne auf Naxos. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Six years ago, I capped off my Father’s Day weekend with an exceptional Liederabend starring René Pape. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well and I hope you all had a happy and wonderful Father’s Day.
Passion, mistaken identities, a tragic anti-heroine, madness, gorgeous music and melodies, and a convoluted story rolled into one concert version of a rare Bellini opera. Enjoy the review and let me know your opinions as well.
Four of Deutsche Oper Berlin’s finest mainstay singers. One pianist who exuded elegance and charm. One reader who exuded unique lovability. Two of the greatest classical composers. One fine evening of song. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
One month ago, Deutsche Oper Berlin exclaimed hail to the queen, when Liv Redpath made her role debut as Marguerite de Valois aka La Reine Margot. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
After a two-month hiatus, I am back with a review of a Meyerbeer opera starring a young, enamored peasant girl from bucolic Breton whose head is in the clouds. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
My final night here in Tallinn and my final Red Ribbon Reviewers’ contribution goes out with a bang, as Kristel Pärtna, who I saw two years ago as the poignant Pamina, takes on the iconically dramatic role of Violetta Valery. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Ben Stevenson’s and Tom Boyd’s choreographic vision of this holiday classic of a ballet comes to vivid, colorful life. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.
Boasting a huge, wide-ranging repertoire from lyric to dramatic soprano roles, Heli Veskus heralds this cast with courage and steeliness. Enjoy my review and let me know your opinions as well.